And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding.

Yucca is a genus of over 40 perennial plants, shrubs, and trees. A few are grown as houseplants, including Yucca gigantea (also known as Y. guatemalensis and Y. elephantipes) and the Yucca aloifolia.

If they don't survive, that could affect species such as the yucca moth, which lays its eggs inside the Joshua tree flower. Desert bird species could also be in danger from climate change ...

In Riverside County, Oswit Land Trust was awarded $1.5 million for 642 acres in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains, preserving healthy coastal sage scrub, grasslands, and other habitats ...

Residents of Yucca Valley and surrounding areas spoke at a public meeting Monday, asking state wildlife staff to reconsider ...

Down a dusty Mojave Desert Road off 29 Palms Highway is Homestead Modern – a hub for design-centric accommodations in the Yucca Valley. Within it, a dancing native Yucca tree leads the way to a newly ...

Twentynine Palms, the small California desert city that’s home to 30,000 ... quieter than the heavily visited towns of Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley to the west. Most visitors to Joshua Tree ...